History
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TopLondon Russell Group University for teaching on the course
(National Student Survey 2024)
Top 100in the World for History
(QS World University Rankings 2026)
7thin the UK for History Research Quality
(Complete University Guide League table 2025)
Top reasons to study History at Queen Mary
- Access a dedicated Careers Consultant who can help you navigate your own career path. And attend our annual History Futures event, and chat with history graduates about their careers.
- From the day you join the Department of History, you’ll get one-to-one supervision in the shape of an academic adviser and this support will remain with you through until your final year dissertation.
- You'll experience the real benefits of studying history in London. Key historical sites, museums and archives are just a short tube journey away. Our social groups regularly invite speakers to campus, or run trips to historical sites across London.
360° tours
ArtsTwo is a distinctive and bright space. Clad in glass panels with digitally printed artwork by the artist Jacqueline Poncelet, it contains teaching and study spaces used by a range of Schools in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Our students say...
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Studying History and Politics has changed my life and expanded my horizons personally and professionally. Aside from being challenging, interesting, and compelling, my degree is relevant and applicable to every facet of my life and of those around me.— Valentina Kalanyos, History and Politics (2024)